CITIZENS OF
AURORA
THE RIFT PROTOCOL

Craft. Survive. Explore. Tame.

Rebuild civilization across Aurora's transformed Moon and journey across the solar system.

CRAFTING

From tools to starships. Turn resources into progress.

SURVIVAL

Brave harsh environments, dynamic weather, and an unforgiving frontier.

EXPLORATION

Travel from Aurora to distant worlds filled with mystery and opportunity.

TAMING

Befriend and ride unique creatures across alien biomes.

BUILDING

Establish outposts, automated bases, and thriving colonies.

MULTIPLAYER

Survive, build, and explore together in a persistent shared universe.

OUR STORY

A SECOND DAWN

The Rift opened routes from Earth to the transformed Moon. When a second asteroid wave threatened Earth, the Rift Protocol brought survivors to Aurora.

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PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT MAP

Road to Aurora

A public view of the systems currently being built for Citizens of Aurora. It shows development direction without exposing internal design files, private tools, or working documents.

CURRENT DIRECTION · OCT 2026
PHASE 01
LIVE FOUNDATION

Online Foundation

  • Public website and online endpoint
  • Pilot login and persistent identity
  • Server-backed player data
PHASE 02
ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Flight & Ship Life

  • Physical cockpit interaction
  • Space legs and ship interiors
  • Recall, autopilot and vehicle storage
PHASE 03
ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Aurora World

  • Alien biomes and points of interest
  • World streaming and terrain collision
  • Water, weather and performance work
PHASE 04
ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT

Survival & Settlement

  • Inventory, loadout and crafting
  • Habitation, storage and building
  • Creature handling and taming systems
PHASE 05
IN PROGRESS

Multiplayer Systems

  • Dedicated server architecture
  • Parties, invites and player tracking
  • Authoritative movement and collisions
PHASE 06
PLANNED

Expansion & Polish

  • More missions, enemies and POIs
  • Expanded solar-system destinations
  • QA, optimization and fidelity passes
Development order can change as systems are tested and validated. This map intentionally does not publish uncommitted release dates.